Finally, rain in SoCal!
 

Really nice thunderstorm today rumbling like crazy here in Monarch Beach. Pouring down right now yes! 🌱

nice!

was reading recently el nino is shaping up to be one of the strongest recorded. that could end the drought this winter. it'll cost a few billion dollars, some malibu mansions and several lives though.

Small price to pay 👐😁👐

Yeap, those clouds came down to SD too! The Sun is out now. :)

raining in Santiago de Chile tonight as well niceee :thumbsup

being a socaler, you might be interested-

http://www.weather.com/news/climate/...gest-2015-2016

Congratz to El Niño!

Wow! Never been there but heard it's an almost magical pkace. So cool!

I have known 5 months here with no rain in the south of Spain - I think we are at 2 months now...

In October we will have the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_drop - More rain than you can imagine.....

That is CRAZY doood had no idea. Never seen it pour down so heavy in SoCal @ summer

i like watching old(er) movies filmed in Los Angeles, they actually have scenes where it's raining! Mel Brook's High Anxiety, LA Confidential, etc, i stare with wide-eyed fascination!

Having been to both locations I can tell you I easily prefer Chile to his shithole...

Oh, and I am not enjoying the fucking rain here in WeHo either

It's about time; I read a few years ago that it was coming and I expected it months ago. I think goodgirl thought I was making it up. The one we had in the early 90's was a real SOB, probably because my bike was my only transportation at one point.

I thought you specialized in golden showers WTF? :1orglaugh

Oh, you know he loves receiving those; for his wedding they are having 50 doves released with bags of urine so there is a light mist let upon the guests.

That was brilliant! :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Yes, and they are ALWAYS better in South America! :thumbsup

Nice..around 40° today

Good to hear it.

This just reminded me. When I was a kid there was a TV show called "Salvage" about a guy who builds a rocket out of junk and goes to the moon or something. In one of the episodes, they tow an iceberg to some location that is desperate for water. Would love to see something like this become a reality one day.

This is real dude! It's called spaceX

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congrats

so people who are living in a region thats been desert for at least 1.5 million years is singing hallelujah the drought is over, & on top of that welcoming a severe weather pattern that batters shores so bad that houses fall into the ocean.

alrighty then...:)

:2 cents::2 cents::2 cents:

We need the native people to rain dance for the land

No, lets all agree el nino is bad climate change and do something to stop it. And no, the drought is far from over. Headsup, you can't stop el nino,a nd you can't move everyone out of cslifornia.

Not very realistic .

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True. Just this one day of rain has caused flooding, landslides & death. WTF

it's the wild wild west!

at least we're not in Arizona.

im not really suggesting change. just a far away observation that a population in the 10s of millions voluntarily chooses to live in a region rife with earthquakes, fires, landslides & drought. reminds me of the people who live in new orleans, underneath the sea level, in a region rife with large hurricanes.

& ironic a state full of progressive environmentalists live in a region that is unable to sustain a giant population. i would think the tree hugging crowd who preaches sustainability would not be so hypocritical.

not to mention the surreal politics of water management where some federal agreement in 1920 whatever gives some people better "rights" over water than others. but the top 1% will keep watering their lawns, conservation & selflessness be damned!

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The populations of every continent gravitate to seaside environments. 85% of Australias population live near the ocean, 39% here in the states.

california could have been and should be a shiny beacon for how to do things right, i agree with that. i can't claim to know where it all went so wrong, maybe it is on account of this being the desert. water management here is just like planning for the future anywhere, humans are not really designed to pay now for future returns, that's the case everywhere, but yeah, we could have dealt with the water issues beginning in the '70s and not be in the drought predicament we are in now, but humans rarely can do that sort of thing.

and people live in fucked up regions all over the world. there are natural attractions here that come with the territory, surfing, skiing, etc, all are due to the nature here. i can see those things drawing people here, as opposed to a place like phoenix, which is very similar desert but absolutely nothing to do and loaded with people.

but if a few bazillionaires lose their $20 million cliffside homes in a flood and collect a fat payout, i'm not going to be bothered by that.

I lived in Australia for 5 years. They have no problem with water conservation and cabs run on natural gas. California's bureaucracy needs to be destroyed.

i was under the impression Australians are suffering from their drought? isn't that one of the more arid regions on Earth?

Didn't rain in NorCal... Although the weather is going to cool down here because of it.